Amanda's father was known as JOHN SMALL

b. 31 Jan 1788 in Cumberland Co, Maine

Amanda's mother was known as ELIZABETH "ELIZA" ANN WILLIAMS

b. 30 Aug 1797/New Milford, Connecticut.

Elizabeth's paternal grand father was known as ZACHARIAH SMALL.

Elizabeth's maternal grandparents were known as

JABEZ WILLIAMS b 3 Jul 1756 Fairfield CT, d 17 Apr 1812 New Milford, Litchfield Co, CT.

16 Dec 1776; enlisted and served with the 5th Regiment Connecticut Continental Line.

ca. 1784; moved from Redding, Litchfield Co CT to New Milford, Litchfield CT.

MILLISON/MILLA TAYLOR b 15 Sep 1762 NewMilford CT, d 22 Dec 1830 NewPreston CT.

Amanda and her parents/siblings are in Washington Twp., Dutchess Co. NY, in 1830/40, where the 1840 census has nine family members. It's most likely another child was born between 1826 & 1830 to John and Elizabeth (Williams) Small which was previously unknown/documented and this child died before the 1850 census was taken. Also possible, the unknown female child [age 10 thru 14] listed in the 1840 census was previously mistaken in the 1830 census as a boy, under age 5 and then died or married before the 1850 census. (*see below).

Name: John Small / Home in 1830: Washington, Dutchess Co NY

Males Under 5: 1 - [*male died young or should be female]

Males 5 thru 9: 1 - Stephen = 6 yrs old

Males 10 thru 14: 1 - William = 11 yrs old

Males 40 thru 49: 1 - John = 42 yrs old

Females 5 thru 9: 2 - Helen = 9 yrs old, AMANDA = 8 yrs old

Females 30 thru 39: 1 - Eliza = 33 yrs old

Free White Persons - Under 20: 5

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2

Total Free White Persons: 7

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Name: John Small / Home in 1840: Washington, Dutchess Co NY

Males 10 thru 14: 2 - Stephen = 16 yrs old, Theren = 8 yrs old (error)

Males 15 thru 19: 1 - William = 20 yrs old (still in HH, marries later)

Males 50 thru 59: 1 - John = 52 yrs old

Females 5 thru 9: 1 - Eliza Jane = 6 yrs old

Females 10 thru 14: 1 - [*male in 1830 and/or female died or married before 1850?]

Females 15 thru 19: 2 - Helen = 19 yrs old, Amanda = 18 yrs old

Females 50 thru 59: 1 - Eliza = 43 yrs old (error)

Persons Employed in Agriculture: 9

Free White Persons - Under 20: 7

Total Free White Persons: 9

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Amanda A. Small married HENRY HALL, between the 1840 census enumeration date for her father's family and early 1842. This time frame logically coincides with the birth of Amanda's and Henry's one and only known child, on 26 Nov 1842. The June 29, 1900 census for Harrison County, Missouri, says Amanda and Henry were married for 63 years, which should be taken with skepticism since Amanda would have been only 14 or 15 years old with a marriage year of 1836 or 1837. The birth years for Henry and Amanda were also wrong in their 1900 census enumeration. As well, the 1840 census for her father's family reasonably shows Amanda is still living in her parent's household at the time. As well, there is no separate census enumeration for a Henry Hall in Dutchess Co NY, in the 1840 census, which means he was still most likely living in his own family's household in 1840. At 23 years old, Henry does not show in the 1840 census for John & Elizabeth Small's family either. [*see below].

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In the 1850 census of Amenia Township, Dutchess Co NY, Amanda is living with her husband Henry and child, Maria "Elizabeth". Her parents are either living with, or near her siblings listed below; except for Helen, who doesn't show up any where until the 1880, 1900, 1905 and 1910 censuses, in Blackhawk and Hardin Co Iowa.

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SIBLINGS OF AMANDA (SMALL) HALL:

WILLIAM J. SMALL (May 2 1819/CT - Jul 7 1882).

He married REBECCA F. HALLOCK (Jul 26 1821/CT - Mar 22 1889).

Her parents were Jesse P. and Hannah (Hopkins) Hallock.

Rebecca F. Hallock 1st married William Gillidett.

Child by her 1st marriage: Miles "Sherman" Gillidett.

Children of William J. and Rebecca F. (Hallock) Gillidett Small were:

Helen E. (Small) Hamlin (May 13 1852 - Jan 10 1932).

James Frederick Small (Jun 13 1856 - Dec 17 1918).

Fannie M. (Small) Williams (Feb 2 1863 - Nov 23 1958).

B[arton] Hallock and H[ymen] J Hallock are holding land in 1898 in sections 34 & 35 of the attached plat map of Grant Township, Harrison County, Missouri, very close to Amanda and her husband Henry Halls's plat, also near Amanda's brother Theodore/Theren Small's plats.

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HELEN SMALL; born April 1820, died after April 15 1910 in Iowa.

She married Mr. ATKINS. No children according to the 1900 census.

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STEPHEN S. SMALL; born Oct 1823 or 1824 in NY (last resid. Murray Co MN, 1900).

He owns land in Slayton Twp. Murray Co MN in 1898.

He registers for the draft in Carroll Co IL in June 1863.

***Stephen was 1st married before 1850 in New York to:

MARY (unknown maiden) (Sep 5 1818/NY - Aug 28 1868).

Child of Stephen and (first) Mary was:

Julia; born about 1867 in Iowa, died before 1880.

***Stephen was 2nd married in Iowa to:

MARY S. PIERCE (1842 - May 3 1883).

Children of Stephen and Mary (Pierce) Small were:

George (Dec 31 1869 - Jan 1 1871).

Ida Jane (Small) Briggs (Sep 1873-Oct 25 1926/MN) m. James Briggs 26 Jan 1890 Hardin Co IA.

Martin Henry (Feb 1876 - Jan 4 1911). Died Murray co. MN.

Susan A. (born Dec 1881 in IA, married and/or died in MN?)

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THEREN SMALL, aka Wheler (Dec 6 1831 - June 29 1906).

Married in July 1870 to SUSAN GILLESPIE (Jan 3 1848 - Feb 17 1891).

Her parents were G. James and Electra Richmond (Poore) Gillespie.

Children of Theren and Susan (Gillespie) Small were:

Nellie (Small) Smith Prather (Sep 18 1875-May 16 1941).

Salem (Dec 10 1875 - Jan 9 1950).

Amanda (Aug 28 1877 - Sep 28 1894).

Henry (1880 - Apr 11 1959).

Helen (Oct 14 1882 - Jan 4 1961).

Bessie (Small) Critchfield (Jun 20 1889 - Mar 13 1946).

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ELIZABETH JANE SMALL (Dec 12 1834 - Dec 25 1905).

***Elizabeth Jane was 1st married in 1854 to:

BENJAMIN PRINDLE (about 1820/NY - about 1856/IL) Living next door to Eliza in NY in 1850).

Child of Benjamin and Elizabeth Jane (Small) Prindle was:

Theren W. Prindle; born July 1856 in IL., married Margaret Muhlied.

***Elizabeth Jane was 2nd married on Sep 25 1860 in Freeport, IL to:

JAMES LEONARD LEIGH (June 21 1820 - Oct 22 1876)

Children of James and Eliza Jane (Small) Prindle Leigh were:

Esther (born 1861/62 - died young before 1870).

Amanda Ann (Leigh) Wilson (Aug 30 1863 – Jun 16 1922).

Henry James Leigh (Jun 5 1866 – Oct 22 1936).

Joseph Alfred Leigh (Mar 10 1869 – aft Apr 1 1940/prob. Jackson co., IA)

Arthur Christopher Leigh (1872 – 1948). ____________________________________________________________

Since none of these Smalls or Halls are listed in the 1855 New York census, it's likely Amanda and her husband and daughter, as well as Amanda's parents and siblings; Stephen, William, Theren and Eliza, removed to Northwest Illinois between 1850 and 1855 while Helen is unaccounted for. As well, father John is known to have received a land warrant via an act of Congress for 120 acres, that was given to him for his service in the War of 1812.

Except for Amanda's parents that died in 1859 and her sister Helen, the siblings of Amanda are found with their families in the 1860 census of Carroll Co IL, living in close proximity to Amanda and her husband and daughter. Parents John and Elizabeth were probably living with daughter Eliza Jane's family in Milledgeville, since that's where they're both buried.

Brothers William and Stephen remove from Carroll Co Illinois, to Iowa, some time in the late 1860s. They're found living 2 households from each other in the 1870 census of Hardin County, Iowa. William lives out his life in Iowa as Stephen removes to Slayton Twp., Murray Co Minnesota, some time after 1885, where he's found living with his son-in-law and daughter's family, Ida Jane (Small) Briggs, along with his daughter Susan A. and son, Martin Henry.

Brother Theren/on, removes from Carroll Co Illinois, to Missouri, some time in the late 1860s, as did Amanda and her husband. In the Bethany, Harrison Co Missouri 1870 census, "Wheler" Small (born 1832/NY) and his wife Susan (born 1846/OH) are found living 2 households from Amanda and her husband, Henry. The ages and states of birth are identical to Theren/on and Susan's 1880 census identity. The census says they got married in July 1870 which would also match perfectly with the birth of their first born child in December 1871. So it can be safely said that "WHE(E)LER" IS A NICKNAME for THEREN, especially when one considers the fact that "Theren/on is not found any where else in the 1870 census. Likewise, Theren/on and wife Susan are found again living one household from Amanda and her husband Henry in the 1880 census of Grant, Harrison co., Missouri. In both the 1870 and 1880 census, neighbor Albert Reeves is living in between them which also matches up with the plat map of 1876 (link below). As well, Bethany and Grant are interchangeable in the 1870/1880 censuses. Susan's father, James Gillespie and oldest brother, Martin Gillespie are holding over 500 acres of land adjacent to Theren/on and Susan's property in the 1876 plat map link below.

Sister Eliza Jane, removes from Carroll Co Illinois, to Black Hawk Co Iowa, after the death of her husband in 1876 and before the 1880 census was taken. She's found living as a widow with her 4 children and her oldest sister, Helen (Small) Atkin, a widow. Eliza Jane and Helen then moved on to Hardin Co Iowa, in the area where their brothers, William and Stephen had moved to previously. The two sisters are found living together in the same household in 1900 and 1905 with Eliza Jane's son by her first marriage, Theren Prindle and his wife, Margaret. Theren Prindle dies between 1905 & 1910. Helen (Small) Atkins is last found living in the April 15 1910 census with Margaret Prindle.

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Other notes worth mentioning:

The 1880 census for Harrison Co Missouri, shows living with Amanda and Henry an "adopted daughter" named Sarah, born about 1862 and a "son" named Benjamin, born about 1856 in Indiana. This Benjamin is probably the "Benjamin Carter" listed in the 1885 census for Ellis, Hardin Co Iowa, living in the household of Amanda's brother, Stephen Small, since Benjamin is listed as being born in Indiana in 1856, like he was in the 1880 census. As well, in the 1860 and 1870 census for Amanda and Henry, there's no previous record of a son, hence I believe this son named Benjamin was also, either adopted after 1870, was a close friend of the Hall & Small families or the census enumerator was in error, since the ages for Amanda and Henry are erroneous in the 1880 census as well.

There's another Henry and Amanda Hall, living in Caldwell Co Missouri, at the same time, of the same approximate age with children, not to be confused with the subjects here.

The Thomas L. Atkins, born about 1821 in Massachusetts, that shows up in the 1860 census for Wysox Twp., Carroll co., Illinois, may be the spouse or a brother of the unknown Mr. Atkins that sister Helen married. However, Helen is not found any where close to said Atkins in the aforementioned census. This Mr. Atkins is living with Amanda's brother, Theren Small and the Theren Prindle who was the son of Amanda's sister, Eliza Jane, from her first marriage to Benjamin Prindle. Said Mr. Atkins seems to have disappeared after the 1860 census and hasn't been found in any census prior either.

The spelling for Theren has also been written/transcribed in various records as Theron/Thurman/Thron/Theodore. "Theren" has been chosen here since his internment was stated so.

The original legibility on Amanda's death certificate of her father's last name and mother's maiden last name was not of very good quality. The original writing on the DC looks as though it's been traced over by someone, turning the original maiden name of Amanda's mother from "WILLIAMS" into "WILSON", in error. The informant listed on Amanda's DC is "Nellie Prather". Nellie was a daughter of Amanda's brother, Theren Small.

Biography compilation by 3X great grandson Mark Hayden.